"I came here quite a few years ago on my way driving from Boston back to Chicago via NYC and a visit to Long Island to pick up a couple from my college days who lived in Oyster Bay (I loved the name, but we didn 't get any oysters unfortunately). I love Indian food and one of my Oyster Bay pals (she was a vegetarian) who was driving back with us had been to Diwan before and said that the menu was big and the the food here was good. So we came here. I was not disappointed by the food, but I suffered a surprise left hook by the prices. My usual Indian food go to is the $12 AYCE lunch buffet, which usually has everything I crave most at literally 1/4 the price of the same items at dinner. And I hate over priced places, just hate them. And DIWAN WAS SERIOUSLY OVERPRICED. But I didn 't want to be a kill joy, and my friends recommended it so go with the flow. But the prices meant that we shared a lot of the dishes, and ate less than we wanted to. We started with Papadum, Potato Pea Samosas, and some fried cauliflower Pakora, all with your typical green and tamarind chutneys. For our shared mains we ordered Butter Chicken, Matter Paneer, Lamb Vindaloo (because I got a nose bleed once from it due to how hot it was), Masala Dosa, and Curried Fish (I wanted heads but Diwan didn 't offer them). We ordered a few other things like Dal and mango chutney, but I can 't remember which others. The service was fine and our waiter was very nice. The food really didn 't take that long to arrive either. My friends all got Mango Lassis to drink, while I had my standard Masala Tea. The restaurant was decorated nicely and the ambiance was very Indian in nature, although I would have liked better music, like a selection of soothing Ragas and some nice Tabla drums and sitar. But no restaurant play traditional music in the background anymore. But the view through the windows was lovely. Overall, after the sticker shock when the bill came. However, to my relief, my rich Long Island friend picked up the tab. So, the experience was a good one."
